• HelixDab2@lemm.ee
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    4 days ago

    Kinda hard to walk with one leg

    Zombies can and do drag themselves, or even worm their way across fields. Until the brain is destroyed, they’re a threat.

    25mm chain gun is probably going to mist a few bodies.

    Sure, but, again, unless you hit the head, they’re still a threat. And meanwhile, you’ve blown through a thousand rounds of ammo.

    Artillery is an area denial weapon.

    You can only deny area when people aren’t willing to charge into it. Zombies aren’t doing massed charges though; each and every zombie is Leroy Jenkins, acting entirely independently, and with zero foresight.

    IMO, the most effective method weapon would be a steam roller, as long as all the mechanical parts and the operator cockpit were completely covered so that a zombie couldn’t damage anything. Like, say, some of the mine removal vehicles. Moving around is going to attract the zombies, and then running them over would eliminate them.

    • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      3 days ago

      Give Marvin Heeymeyer a Case asphalt compactor, a welder, and some steel. We’ll have this problem licked before dinner.

    • jimbolauski@lemm.ee
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      3 days ago

      Zombies can and do drag themselves, or even worm their way across fields. Until the brain is destroyed, they’re a threat.

      Head shots are much easier when zombies are moving slower. I suspect a platoon with 8 guys shooting an M2 and the rest with scoped rifles could easily protect an encampment from thousands of zombies.

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      4 days ago

      IMO, the most effective method weapon would be a steam roller

      The most effective weapon would be a steam roller equipped with a machine gun that fires lightsabers.

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      4 days ago

      Conventional weapons can reduce hoards to manageable amount. And a zombie dragging itself across the ground is much easier to deal with.

      If I saw thousands of zombies, a machine gun is what I want. Aim head at the average head height, and make the barrels smoke. It’s not suppressing fire, it’s crowd management.

      Remember you can spike a zombie on the ground easier than when they are standing. Immobilise, THEN neutralise.